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People Quotes by C.S. Lewis
- We want, in fact, not so much a father in heaven as a grandfather in heaven: a senile benevolence who, as they say, "liked to…
- Those who would most scornfully repudiate Christianity as a mere "opiate of the people" have a contempt for the rich, that is, for all mankind…
- I have discovered that the people who believe most strongly in the next life do the most good in the present one.
- We may think God wants actions of a certain kind, but God wants people of a certain kind.
- How little people know who think that holiness is dull... When one meets the real thing, it's irresistible!
- If you examined a hundred people who had lost their faith in Christianity, I wonder how many of them would turn out to have reasoned…
- There are no ordinary people.. it is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub, and exploit.
- There comes a moment when people who have been dabbling in religion ('man's search for God'!) suddenly draw back. Supposing we really found Him? We…
- If Christianity was something we were making up, of course we could make it easier. But it is not. We cannot compete, in simplicity with…
- There are only two kinds of people in the end: those who say to God, "Thy will be done," and those to whom God says,…
- A world of nice people, content in their own niceness, looking no further, turned away from God, would be just as desperately in need of…
- The standard that measures two things is something different from either. You are, in fact, comparing them both with some Real Morality, admitting that there…
- We may note in passing that He (Jesus) was never regarded as a mere moral teacher. He did not produce that effect on any of…
- God, in the end, gives people what they most want, including freedom from himself. What could be more fair?
- People blush at praise--not only praise of their bodies, but praise of anything that is theirs.
- The 'frankness' of people sunk below shame is a very cheap frankness.
- Some people probably think of the Resurrection as a desperate last moment expedient to save the Hero from a situation which had got out of…
- When you come to knowing God, the initiative lies on His side. If He does not show Himself, nothing you can do will enable you…
- Why you fool, it's the educated reader who can be gulled. All our difficulty comes with the others. When did you meet a workman who…
- Think of a country where people were admired for running away in battle, or where a man felt proud of double-crossing all the people who…
More People Quotes
- We don't need youth museums. But we do need holy young people. — Pope Francis
- Most important thing in life is to keep moving irrespective of the facts that you r hurt u r broken or betrayed… — Anurag Prakash Ray
- Whenever u get hurt from those people whom u love most don't blame them, fault is not their its your fault that… — Anurag Prakash Ray
- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Most people live and die with their music still unplayed. They never dare to try. — Mary Kay Ash
- People usually are the happiest at home. — William Shakespeare